Restore the ‘village’ – Mother of slain teen shares struggles with parenting, plans for solutions
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Schrell Palmer, right, and her daughter, Layviell Johnson, 20, talk about the struggles leading up to Mendrell Johnson Jr.’s shooting death on July 28, 2024. “MJ was a great kid,” Palmer told cleveland.com. “I just wish he didn’t go astray.” Now she wants to be a resource for other struggling parents, to prevent them from having to bury a child. Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio – When her teenage son, Mendrell Johnson, Jr., started acting out and skipping school, Schrell Palmer tried to punish him.
If she yelled at him, he’d stop coming home. When she grounded him, he’d leave anyway. When she took his phone, the silence only made her worry more about whether he was OK or needed help…
